MEASURED LIMITS TO CONTAMINATION OF OPTICAL-SURFACES BY ELASTOMERS INVACUUM

Authors
ABRAMOVICI A LYONS TT RAAB FJ
Citation
A. Abramovici et al., MEASURED LIMITS TO CONTAMINATION OF OPTICAL-SURFACES BY ELASTOMERS INVACUUM, Applied optics, 34(1), 1995, pp. 183-185
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
183 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:1<183:MLTCOO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We have monitored the reflectivity of mirrors that were exposed to a f luoroelastomer (3M-Fluorel 2176) and a room-temperature vulcanizing si licone rubber (RTV-615) in vacuum. The 95% confidence limit on the dec rease of mirror reflectivities was less than 0.35 ppm/week for Fluorel and <0.29 ppm/week for RTV-615.